MEMENTO, an initiative that began in 2009, is the first attempt to systematically compile all global data on oceanic CH4 and N2O measurements. MEMENTO already includes original data from more than 180 ...

GPS sensors like this one in California are now part of the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system. Credit: Doerte Mann/EarthScope, CC BY 4.0 ShakeAlert, the earthquake early warning system for ...

Rescuers search for survivors on 2 April 2017 after floodwaters carrying mud and debris inundated parts of Mocoa, Colombia, killing at least 200 people and leaving many more injured and homeless. A ...

It is reported that 51 people have been killed by a series of debris flows in Kenya, triggered by heavy rainfall. On 31 October 2025, heavy rainfall triggered a series of large landslides in the ...

New research in North Africa is validating calls for communal rain prayers as a means of tracking droughts in the region.

ICESat-2 acquired green-wavelength lidar data at the points shown in red to generate a new shallow water bathymetry product. The background shows validation data for study sites in (A) Hatteras Inlet, ...

Satellite images are revealing the scale of the destruction in Sri Lanka caused by landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah at the end of November 2025. At the end of November 2025, a “weak” tropical ...

The Zapolyarnoye gas field in the Russian Arctic in 2013. Credit: Russian Federation Government, CC BY 3.0 One of the world’s biggest producers of oil and gas may face billions in upgrades as ...

Glencoe in the Highlands of Scotland, where geologist George Barrow first recognized Barrovian geological regional metamorphism. New research suggests that the source for the high temperatures ...

An unprecedented global assessment examines climate, economic, and governance threats to mountain systems and the benefits they provide, suggesting pathways toward sustainability. The project began ...

Get the most fascinating science news stories of the week in your inbox every Friday. Scientists use marine ecosystem models to understand how fragile regions such as the Southern Ocean will respond ...

A woman carries water at the foot of Dent de Man Mountain in Côte d’Ivoire. Credit: FBilula, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Africa is a source of uncertainty in carbon cycle calculations. By some ...